At home it is a lot easier to live a green life, but at the office we are paper cup squashing, copy machine wasting, and computer running waste makers of Mother Earth. With all of the talk and concern over global warming, we should make our long hours spent in the office as green and Earth friendly as possible. Here are some suggestions to improving your workplace.
- Recycle! – This is one of the most important things that humans can do to help the environment. And with the consumption of all of those energy drinks, those cans need a nice home in a recycling bin and NOT a garbage can.
- Carpool - According to the EPA, employers have a major incentive here: congestion created by people getting to and from work costs U.S. employers 3.7 billion hours of lost productivity a year, which adds up to $63.1 billion in wasted time and fuel every year. So find people who live near you and create a carpooling schedule with them.
- Drink from a water bottle – Stop wasting those little triangle paper cups every time you need a sip of water. Take a reusable plastic water bottle to work everyday and save the paper cups and the time you spend going back and forth to get one sip.
- Walk to lunch – Not only do you get exercise but you can walk with a group and save the CO2 from spilling out into the environment from the dozens of cars your company would have taken.
These are only a few steps on your way to becoming a green workplace. If you as an employer can make the first few steps to a more environmentally friendly workplace then your employees will most likely follow suit. Set the example and make your employees happier, healthier and more comfortable in the place where they spend the majority of their day.
